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‘Atiqot 74 (2013)
ISBN 2948-040X
A Late Bronze Age II Settlement on the Southern Beach of Ashdod
(pp. 133–141)
Yonatan Nadelman
Keywords: Mediterranean coast, trade, shipping vessels, watch station
The excavation took place on a
kurkar
hill overlooking the sea. Four squares were opened on the southern slope, and settlement deposits of the Late Bronze Age II were revealed, without any architectural elements. A ceramic figurine was found. The vessels that were found at the site seem to indicate a single-period LB II settlement. The fabrics point to a number of sources, local (Canaanite) and foreign (Cypriot, Mycenaean and possibly Egyptian). This international character is clearly in keeping with the general picture of the period.